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District Plan

District Plan 2004

Prepared under the Resource Management Act 1991, the District Plan 2004 is presented below in sections.

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	Council seal		(54K)
	Update schedule		(69K)
Part 1 - Introduction
	Chapter 1	Introduction to the plan	(281K)
	Chapter 2	General procedures	(155K)
Part 2 - Issues, Objectives, Policies and Methods
*Zones*
	Chapter 3	Zoning	(81K)
	Chapter 4	Residential Zone	(113K)
	Chapter 5	Rural Zone	(132K)
	Chapter 6	Business Zone	(119K)
	Chapter 7	Open Space Zone	(100K)
	Chapter 8	Special Activities Zone	(102K)
*General and city-wide*
	Chapter 9	Subdivision and Earthworks	(111K)
	Chapter 10	Financial Contributions	(126K)
	Chapter 11	Heritage	(105K)
	Chapter 12	Landscape and Ecology	(125K)
	Chapter 13	Water Resources	(108K)
	Chapter 14	Natural Hazards	(94K)
	Chapter 15	Environmental Quality	(114K)
	Chapter 16	Utilities	(116K)
	Chapter 17	Hazardous Substances and Waste Management	(166K)
Part 3 - Rules and Standards
Zone rules and standards
	Chapter 18	Residential Zone Rules	(602K)
	Chapter 19	Rural Zone Rules	(704K)
	Chapter 20	Business Zone Rules	(1.1M)
	Chapter 21	Open Space Zone Rules	(288K)
	Chapter 22	Special Activity Zone Rules	(277K)
	Chapter 23	Rules for Earthworks and Vegetation Clearance	(277K)
	Chapter 24	Rules for Esplanade Reserves and Strip	(127K)
	Chapter 25	Rules for Reserves and Leisure Facilities Contribution	(72K)
	Chapter 25A	Rules for Temporary Events	(70K)
	Chapter 26	Rules for Heritage Features	(108K)
	Chapter 27	Rules for Notable Trees	(86K)
	Chapter 28	Rules for Protected Ridgelines	(58K)
	Chapter 29	Rules for Water Bodies	(54K)
	Chapter 30	Rules for Utilities	(87K)
	Chapter 31	Rules for Car Parking	(86K)
	Chapter 32	Rules for Noise and Vibration	(86K)
	Chapter 33	Rules for Flooding and Fault Band Hazards	(56K)
	Chapter 34	Rules for Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Land	(77K)
Part 4 - Appendices
	Chapter 35	Definitions	(476K)
	Chapter 36	Schedule of Designations	(147K)
	Chapter 37	Roading Hierarchy	(65K)
		Roading Hierarchy Map	(47K)
	Chapter 38	Access Design Standards and Criteria	(1.8M)
Part 5 - Planning Maps
	Planning Maps Introduction		(75K)
	To access individual maps, click on one of the following map indexes, then click on the numbered map square you require.

		Urban Map Index	(148K)
		Rural Map Index	(126K)

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